Outrageous Numerical Facts of Echidnas

Questions: How do Echidnas do their Mating? How and Where Do Echidnas Live? How Long are Echidnas' Tongues? What are the Echidnas' Main Enemies? How do Echidnas Escape Danger? What is the Average Lifespan of an Echidna? How Fast Can an Echidna Go? How Long are Echidnas' Burrows? What are the Different Species of Echidnas? Are Echidnas truly mammals?

Welcome Echidna tongues are 15-18 centimeters long. A three kilogram echidna can eat 200 grams of ants in ten minutes. Tachyglossus Aculeatus is a medium sized animal, about a foot long and weighing around 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds, females are somewhat smaller). Zaglossus Bruijni It is considerably bigger that Tachyglossus, growing as large as 16.5 Kilos (36.3 pounds). Echidnas are most active when the temperature is between 16 and 20 degrees Celsius. (60 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit). Their body temperature never exceeds 34 degrees Celsius, the lowest of any mammal. As many as 8 males will stay with a female for up to 4 weeks. There is approximately a 21 to 28 day gestation period before an egg is laid. During this period, the female prepares a nursery burrow, usually about 1 meter long. After about 10 days, the Echidna hatchling emerges from the egg. The hatchling is semi-transparent and 13-14 millimeters long at birth. Pouch young grow quickly, and can reach 400 grams in 60 days. The puggle then remains in the nursery burrow until between 180 and 240 days have passed since birth. Echidnas suckle their young for about 200 days. Once the young echidna leaves the pouch, it may be left alone in the nursery burrow without being fed for as much as 5 to 10 days at a time. As a result, they have to be able to eat a lot at one time, and young echidnas can eat 20% of their own body weight of milk in one go.